Hay-rake.



vPATENTE!) Nov. 1o, 1903.

y No. 743720.

E. HENNING.

HAY BAKE. APPLIGATION FILED FEB. 9, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented November 1.0, 1903.

EDUARD HENNING, OF CRETE, ILLINOIS.

HAY-RAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 743,720, dated November 10, 1903.

Application filedvf'ehrnary 9,

T0 au whom, t Weary concern:

Be it known that I, EDUARD I-IENNING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Crete, in the county of Will and State of Illinois, have invented certain .new and useful Improvements in Hay-Rakes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention has relation to improvements in side-d elivery rakes; and it consists in the novel arrangement and combination of parts more fully set forth in the specification, and pointed out in the claim. f

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan of the rake. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional detail on line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a rear View of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail showing manner of changing the angle of the rear rake. Fig, 6 is a detail showing manner of mounting the outer end of the rear rake, and Fig. 7 is a section on line 7 7 of Fig. 5.

The object of my invention is to construct a side-deliveryhay-rake in which the danger of the clogging of the hay at the forward end ofthe rake shall be wholly eliminated, one in which the rear rake can be tilted to clear the pile by means of a lever actuated bythe driver, and one possessing further and other advantages better apparent from a detailed description of the invention, which is as follows:

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a' 4. The shaft 5 of the rollers carries at one f end a pinion 6, meshing with a gear-wheel 7 at the adjacent end of a parallel shaft 8, the opposite end of the latter shaft carrying' a partially-toothedbevel-pinion 9,meshingwith a pinion 10 at the adjacent end of the axis of a revolving cylindrical rake 11. The forward head of the rake 11 carries a counterbalanceweight 12, and the rear head is provided with a plate 13, adapted to strike a lng 14 on the frame. The arr. ngement of gearing as described serves to impart (as'the machine is drawn along the held) a partial rotation or oscillation to the rake 11, the latter revolving so long as the toothed section of the pin- 1903. Serial No.142144, (No model.)

Vion 9 is in engagement with the pinion 10,

and when the blank section of the pinion 9 is reached the weight 12 causes the rake to swing back and bring the rake-teeth in position to resume a fresh hold o r grip on the hay accumulating at that end of the rear rake (to be presently referred to) and cast such accumulated portions to one side of the machine. To prevent the inertia of the rake 11 carrying it over too far when once started in its rotation, the plate 13 strikes the lug 14 at the moment the blank section of the pinion 9 comes opposite the teeth of the pinion 10.

- The rear rake 15 is hinged to the frame, the outer end of the said rake having a bearing end is pivoted to the frame, the under surface of said arm being provided with a number of teats or pins 17, which engage a series of openings 1S, formed in a bar 19, carried by the frame, whereby the angular disposition of therear rake may be varied at will, according to the angle to which the arm 16 is swung, Fig. 5. Pivoted at the forward end of the frame is a lever 20, from which leads awire or cord 21 to a bell-crank lever 22, the rear arm of the latter being coupled to the rear rake by a link 23. In this way the rear rake may be tilted or lifted from the seat occupied by the driver.

From the foregoing it will be seen that as the hay is gathered by the rear rake the forward end thereof is kept clear of nndueV accumulations by the oscillations of the rotary rake, which throws them to .one side.-

Having described my invention, what I claim is- In a side-delivery rake, a cylindrical rotary rake having terminal heads, a balance-weight Von one head, a plate on the opposite head, a

bevel gear-wheel mounted at one end of the axis of the rotary rake, a partially-toothed bevel-gear engaging the gear aforesaid, and a lug carried by the machine-frame for engaging said plate, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDUARD HENNING.

Witnesses:

MAnrnv SALLER, O'rfro J. METER.

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